Shoe scraper and cleaner assembly



Nov. 4, 1941. a H. COTTINGHAM SHOE SCRAPER AND CLEANER ASSEMBLY Filed March 19, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor 0// I//X 60/47/951;

Aliomeys Nov. 4, 1941. o. H. COTTINGHAM 2,261,231

SHOE SCRAPER AND CLEANER ASSEMBLY Filed March 19, 1940 3'Sheets-Sheet'2 Inventor By m A tiomeys Nov. 4, 1941. o. H. COTTINGHAM SHOE SCRAPER AND CLEANER ASSEMBLY 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed March 19, 1940 A iiorneys Patented Nov. 4, 1941 v:1; i I

lJ lTE o STATE; PATENT@QF Fl-CE sHOEsCRAI-ER ASSEMBLY I --olive-n. coit'inghamffn ke;Mien.f ""1 Application March "is, 194 0,Sriallroa3sh872 t 2 Claims. (olfil's lity This invention appertains to new and useful inwardly offset and oblique portion I1 defining improvements in means whereby shoes can be indentations l8 for receiving the lower portions scraped clean without oiling the hands and is of the upstanding posts l9 each being provided particularly adapted for use at farm homes. with a foot portion 20 having a keyhole slot 2| The principal object of the present invention therein.

is to provide an assembly of the character stated The reduced end portions 22 extend against which can be rigidly mounted for use and which the inner sides of these offset portions I7 and will be effective in scraping boots and other footare backed by the feet portions 23 of the scraper wear and adequately cleaning the same. back 24 which extends across above the pan 5.

Another important object of the invention is Rivets 24!! pa through each of e f t e to provide an assembly of the character stated bers 23, brush holder portions 22, oblique porwhich will be practical in use and which because ti s l7 a d P s to secure these pa s of its sturdy construction will not become readgether in the manner substantially shown in Figily defective. ure 1. y

Still another important object of the inven- Lips 25 d' y from t e e e ls tion is to provide an assembly of the character 6 to engage over and r n h brush 9 in p stated which will be of low cost to manufacture OhViOIlSlY a person with soiled boots or shoes and which can be readily dumped when dirt is can scrape 01f mud and other foreign matter on accumulated therein. the scraper bar 24 and subsequently brush the These and various other important objects and shoes by moving the same between the brushes advantages of the invention will become appar- I5. Dirt from these operations will fall into the ent to the reader of the following specification. pan 5 and when sufficient debris has collected In the drawings: in the pan the same can be dumped by disengag- Figure 1 represents a top plan View. I ing the feet 20 from screws driven into a floor or F ure 2 is a side elevation. other supporting surface. Figure 3 is a side elevational view of one of the Numeral 21,respresents the boot jack which brush holders. in blank form as shown in Figure '7 consists of Figure 4 i a section on the of a substantially V-shaped sheet of metal. This ure n sheet is bent on the lines ab to form the plate Figure 5 is a p s e v of t scraper e0 portion 28 having openings 29 therein through m which rivets 30 are disposed for securing the jack Flgure 615 a Perspectlve Vlew of one of the to the end wall 1. The resulting portion ,3l is postsbent laterally and adapted to rest on the sur- Ftgure 7 a plan w of F boot jack blank face 32. This foot portion 3| has the keyhole gz gi fig fz gigxg g s g g gfi ig i slot 33 formed therein for receiving the head 34 l f merals designate like parts, it can be seen that screw dnven Into the Supportmg structure the assembly consists of the pan 5 having the raised side walls 6B, the end wall I and the shorter end wall 8. Between the side walls 6-6 40 and against the end wall 8 is disposed the brush transversely with their channeled sides outward- 9, the bristles ll) of which are disposed upwardly 1y extending the upper edge portiPns of the leg toward the free ends of the brush holders H-l I. members 35 preferably the lower Each of these brush holders H consist of an edge pormons as suggested Flgure 8? elongated spring plate l2, the edge portion of 5 h s -35 diverge 1n the manner shown which are provided with laterally disposed arm m Flgures 7 and 8 so that the heel portlon formations l3 each of which has an inwardly of a boot can be engaged between the Same for disposed cleat formation I4 for engaging t conveniently removing boots from the feet withcorresponding brush back [5 from which the out employing e ha ds.

bristles I6 extend. These bristles of the brushes While the foregoing specifications sets forth l5 are disposed in opposed relation and the brush the invention in s fi terms, t is to be underholders converge from their anchored ends to- Stood t t n us anges in the shap Size ward their free ends to terminate over the aforeand materials y be resorted to without dementioned brush 9. As can be seen in Figure 6, parting from the spiri and Scope of the inventhe side walls 6-6 of the pan 5 are provided with tion as claimed e einafter.

The leg portions 3535 are inclined upwardly as shown in Figure 2 and are bent or curved having one end secured to a corresponding back 10 wall of an indented portion of a side wall, a brush carried by each of the spring members, said brushes being carried by the opposed sides of the spring members and being set in converging relation by the converging-disposition of the 15:

back walls of the indentations, and securing brackets, said brackets being provided with attaching portions disposed into the indented portions of the side walls, and common securing means for securing the spring members and brackets to the back walls of the indented portions of the side walls.

2. A cleaning apparatus of the character described comprising a box-like base, inwardly converging formations at the inner side of the boxlike base, elongated spring members each having one end secured to a corresponding converging formation, a brush carried by each of the spring members, said brushes being carried by the opposed sides of the spring members and being set in converging relation by the converging dispositions of the said formations, L-shaped securing brackets having one leg thereof disposed against the converging formations and common securing means for securing the spring members and brackets to the converging formations.

OLIVE H. COTTINGHAM. 

